ABSTRACT

How do American men’s attitudes about masculinity differ across intersections of race/ethnicity, immigration status, and education? This paper uses the NSFG 2011-2019, a large survey (n = 17,944) representative of American men aged 15-44. It analyzes white men; Black men; non-immigrant Latinos; and immigrant Latinos, with each broken down by less than a bachelor’s; a bachelor’s degree; or an advanced degree, for a total of 12 intersections. Most differences between men of different races/ethnicities/immigration statuses were between men with less than a bachelor’s. Several groups were more conservative on some attitudes but not others. For instance, among men with less than a bachelor’s, white men were more conservative than Black men regarding an attitude about going to the doctor, but less conservative than Black men on attitudes about showing pain or men’s sexual needs. Additionally, the attitudinal differences that emerged were distinct for different levels of education. Among men with less than a bachelor’s, most significant differences emerged regarding the attitudes about going to the doctor and men’s sexual needs. In contrast, among men with a bachelor’s, most differences emerged regarding the attitude about showing pain. Among men with the same racial/ethnic identity and immigration status, men with lower levels of education were more likely to endorse conservative attitudes about masculinity. All three intersections are meaningfully related to attitudes about masculinity, and future research about masculinity attitudes should not analyze social identities/statuses separately but rather as they intersect with one another.

摘要

美国男性对男性气质的态度在种族/民族、移民身份和教育的交叉点上有何不同？本文使用 NSFG 2011-2019，这是一项针对 15-44 岁美国男性的大型调查（n = 17,944）。它分析白人；黑衣人; 非移民拉丁美洲人；和移民拉丁美洲人，每个人都不到单身汉；学士学位；或高级学位，总共有 12 个交叉点。不同种族/民族/移民身份的男性之间的大多数差异是在未获得学士学位的男性之间。一些群体在某些态度上更为保守，但在其他态度上则不然。例如，在未获得学士学位的男性中，白人男性比黑人男性在看医生的态度上更为保守，但在表达痛苦或男性性需求的态度上不如黑人男性保守。此外，出现的态度差异因教育水平不同而不同。在未获得学士学位的男性中，在就医态度和男性性需求方面出现了最显着的差异。相比之下，在拥有学士学位的男性中，大多数差异出现在表现疼痛的态度上。在具有相同种族/族裔身份和移民身份的男性中，受教育程度较低的男性更有可能认同对男性气质的保守态度。这三个交叉点都与对男性气质的态度有意义地相关，